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Streaming a gig touches two copyrights and two very different moments: the live broadcast and the archive left behind. Here is what YouTube, Twitch and Meta say about music in live streams, how strikes and DMCA counter-notices work, and a setup that keeps a cover set from costing you your channel.
Workflows
In the US, anyone can record and release a cover of a song that has already been released, without asking, as long as they get a mechanical licence and pay the writers the legal rate. Here is what that licence covers, what you must leave alone, why streaming and downloads are treated differently, and a pre-release checklist.
Artist rightsvia Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
Twitch lets you perform cover songs live, but its rules stop at the live stream. The saved broadcast and clips are where takedowns come from. Here is what the music guidelines actually say, how strikes work, what Soundtrack's shutdown tells us, and a step-by-step setup for performance streams.
Industryvia Twitch
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